RCW 28B.15.395
Waiver of tuition and fees for wrongly convicted persons and their children.
(1) Subject to the conditions in subsection (2) of this section and the limitations in RCW 28B.15.910, the governing boards of the state universities, the regional universities, The Evergreen State College, and the community and technical colleges, must waive all tuition and fees for the following persons:
(a) A wrongly convicted person; and
(b) Any child or stepchild of a wrongly convicted person who was born or became the stepchild of, or was adopted by, the wrongly convicted person before compensation is awarded under RCW 4.100.060.
(2) The following conditions apply to waivers under subsection (1) of this section:
(a) A wrongly convicted person must be a Washington domiciliary to be eligible for the tuition waiver.
(b) A child must be a Washington domiciliary ages seventeen through twenty-six years to be eligible for the tuition waiver. A child's marital status does not affect eligibility.
(c) Each recipient's continued participation is subject to the school's satisfactory progress policy.
(d) Tuition waivers for graduate students are not required for those who qualify under subsection (1) of this section but are encouraged.
(e) Recipients who receive a waiver under subsection (1) of this section may attend full time or part time. Total credits earned using the waiver may not exceed two hundred quarter credits, or the equivalent of semester credits.
(3) Private vocational schools and private higher education institutions are encouraged to provide waivers consistent with the terms of this section.
(4) For the purposes of this section:
(a) "Child" means a biological child, stepchild, or adopted child who was born of, became the stepchild of, or was adopted by a wrongly convicted person before compensation is awarded under RCW 4.100.060.
(b) "Fees" includes all assessments for costs incurred as a condition to a student's full participation in coursework and related activities at an institution of higher education.
(c) "Washington domiciliary" means a person whose true, fixed, and permanent house and place of habitation is the state of Washington. In ascertaining whether a wrongly convicted person or child is domiciled in the state of Washington, public institutions of higher education must, to the fullest extent possible, rely upon the standards provided in RCW 28B.15.013.
(d) "Wrongly convicted person" means a Washington domiciliary who was awarded damages under RCW 4.100.060.
[ 2015 c 55 § 215; 2013 c 175 § 11.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 28B.15 - College and University Fees.
28B.15.005 - "Colleges and universities" defined.
28B.15.011 - Classification as resident or nonresident student—Legislative intent.
28B.15.012 - Classification as resident or nonresident student—Definitions.
28B.15.0131 - Resident tuition rates—American Indian students.
28B.15.0139 - Resident tuition rates—Border county higher education opportunity project.
28B.15.014 - Exemption from nonresident tuition fees differential.
28B.15.015 - Classification as resident or nonresident student—Rules.
28B.15.020 - "Tuition fees" defined—Use.
28B.15.022 - "Nonresident tuition fees differential" defined.
28B.15.025 - "Building fees" defined—Use.
28B.15.031 - "Operating fees"—Defined—Disposition.
28B.15.041 - "Services and activities fees" defined.
28B.15.044 - Services and activities fees—Legislative declaration on expenditure.
28B.15.051 - "Technology fees"—Defined—Use—Student government approval.
28B.15.065 - Adjustment of state appropriations for student financial aid.
28B.15.066 - Appropriations to institutions of higher education—"Inflation" defined.
28B.15.067 - Tuition fees—Established.
28B.15.069 - Building fees—Services and activities fees—Other fees.
28B.15.071 - Degree program support—Change from state funding to self-supporting and fee-based.
28B.15.110 - Tuition and fees when joint program of four year institutions—Supplemental fees, when.
28B.15.120 - Board of trustees or regents—Annual budget requirements.
28B.15.210 - Fees—University of Washington—Disposition of building fees.
28B.15.220 - Fees—University of Washington—Disposition of special fees.
28B.15.310 - Fees—Washington State University—Disposition of building fees.
28B.15.385 - "Totally disabled" defined for certain purposes.
28B.15.395 - Waiver of tuition and fees for wrongly convicted persons and their children.
28B.15.411 - Fees—Installment payments.
28B.15.450 - Gender equity—Intent.
28B.15.455 - Gender equity—Goals.
28B.15.470 - Gender equity—"Underrepresented gender class," "equitable" defined.
28B.15.475 - Gender equity—Construction—1989 c 340.
28B.15.520 - Waiver of fees and nonresident tuition fees—Community and technical colleges.
28B.15.524 - Community college international student exchange program.
28B.15.540 - Waiver of tuition and fees for residents sixty years of age or older—Limitations.
28B.15.543 - Grants for undergraduate coursework for recipients of the Washington scholars award.
28B.15.555 - Waiver of tuition and fees for students of foreign nations—Intent.
28B.15.556 - Waiver of tuition and fees for students of foreign nations—Authorized—Limitations.
28B.15.558 - Waiver of tuition and fees for state employees and educational employees—Report.
28B.15.600 - Refunds or cancellation of fees—Four-year institutions of higher education.
28B.15.605 - Refunds or cancellation of fees—Community colleges and technical colleges.
28B.15.610 - Voluntary fees of students.
28B.15.624 - Early course registration period for eligible veterans and national guard members.
28B.15.725 - Home tuition programs.
28B.15.730 - Waiver of nonresident tuition fees differential—Washington/Oregon reciprocity program.
28B.15.734 - Washington/Oregon reciprocity tuition and fee program—Implementation agreement.
28B.15.740 - Limitation on total tuition and fee waivers.
28B.15.750 - Waiver of nonresident tuition fees differential—Washington/Idaho reciprocity program.
28B.15.760 - Loan program for mathematics and science teachers—Definitions.
28B.15.790 - Effective communication—Intent.
28B.15.792 - Effective communication—Principles.
28B.15.794 - Effective communication—Implementation of principles.
28B.15.800 - Pledged bond retirement funds to be set aside from tuition and fees—1977 ex.s. c 322.
28B.15.805 - Pledged bond retirement funds to be set aside from tuition and fees—1981 c 257.
28B.15.820 - Institutional financial aid fund—"Eligible student" defined.
28B.15.821 - Dual credit program—Definition.
28B.15.915 - Waiver of operating fees—Report.
28B.15.980 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.